Taldom

Taldom (English)
Талдом (Russian)
-  Town[1]  -

Taldom Town Administration building

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia
Taldom
Location of Taldom in Moscow Oblast
Coordinates: 56°44′N 37°32′E / 56.733°N 37.533°E / 56.733; 37.533Coordinates: 56°44′N 37°32′E / 56.733°N 37.533°E / 56.733; 37.533
Coat of arms
Flag
Administrative status (as of September 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Moscow Oblast[1]
Administrative district Taldomsky District[1]
Town Taldom[1]
Administrative center of Taldomsky District,[1] Town of Taldom[1]
Municipal status (as of October 2011)
Municipal district Taldomsky Municipal District[2]
Urban settlement Taldom Urban Settlement[2]
Administrative center of Taldomsky Municipal District,[2] Taldom Urban Settlement[2]
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 13,819 inhabitants[3]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[4]
Founded 1677
Town status since 1918
Previous names Taldom (until 1918),
Leninsk (until 1929)
Postal code(s)[5] 141900, 141901
Official website
Taldom on Wikimedia Commons

Taldom (Russian: Та́лдом) is a town and the administrative center of Taldomsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 110 kilometers (68 mi) north of Moscow, on a suburban railway connecting Moscow to Savyolovo. Population: 13,819(2010 Census);[3] 13,334(2002 Census);[6] 14,410(1989 Census).[7]

History

It was founded in 1677. In 1918, it was granted town status and renamed Leninsk—the first town to be renamed after Vladimir Lenin (who was still alive then). In 1929, the original name was restored.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Taldom serves as the administrative center of Taldomsky District.[1] As an administrative division, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated within Taldomsky District as the Town of Taldom.[1] As a municipal division, the Town of Taldom is incorporated within Taldomsky Municipal District as Taldom Urban Settlement.[2]

Taldom transmitter

Taldom transmitter, the most powerful broadcasting station in the world, is located in the vicinity of Taldom.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Resolution #123-PG
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #42/2005-OZ
  3. 1 2 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  5. Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (Russian)
  6. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  7. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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